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State Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, and Senate Democratic Leader Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, held a joint interim study Tuesday analyzing pediatric suicide rates in the state, to discover policy changes or prevention services that could decrease suicide in Oklahoma’s youngest citizens.

The Department of the Interior Wednesday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Intertribal Timber Council.

Today is the 259th day of 2021 and the 89th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1920, the explosion of a bomb on Wall Street killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds of others. In 1940, President Franklin D.

Sometimes in science, bigger is better. That can be especially true when it comes to learning from large sets of data. That’s why Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Courtney Montgomery, Ph.D., has been a member of the medical research collaboration TOPMed for nearly a decade.

ENID, Okla. — “Thrift Style,” a new exhibit now on display at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid, explores the reuse of feed sacks to make clothing and other household objects and illuminates how the “upcycling” of these bags mutually benefited 20th-century consumers and businesses.

Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Lynda Ozan announced that on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) was one of 14 recipients of a grant funded by the Underrepresented Community Grant program, a program of the Historic Preservation Fund and...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Rattler threw five touchdown passes, and No. 4 Oklahoma rolled past Western Carolina 76-0 on Saturday night. Oklahoma matched its fifth-highest point total in school history. The Sooners led 62-0 after three quarters, and the fourth quarter was shortened to 12 minutes.

Phillip Gene Smith, Jr., Seminole resident, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021, in Seminole, Oklahoma. Phillip was born on January 19, 1977, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Phillip Gene Smith, Sr. and Sherry Lee (Abney) Winlock. Phillip was a welder and enjoyed creating and building new things.

Birthdays Matthew Anson, Charles Morphis II, Roberta Bender, Steve Brewer, Gabriel Bunyard, Elmer Crockett, Shane Denton, Terry Gray, Chloe Haney, Zeke Hanson, Raymond Harjo Jr.

A U.S. Army soldier from the Seminole area is extremely concerned about the safety of an Afghan interpreter he has befriended. The two worked closely during the time the soldier was serving his country in Afghanistan.